Blue Eagle

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Theme code Index	1135 671H1H
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Bluegrass, Contest, Old-Time, Texas/Oklahoma
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History	USA(Southwest)
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Stacy Phillips
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Traditional American Fiddle Tunes vol. 1
Tune and/or Page number	p. 30
Year of publication/Date of MS	1994
Artist	Biography:Lewis Franklin
Title of recording	Texas Fiddle Favorites
Record label/Catalogue nr.	County 707
Year recorded
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BLUE EAGLE. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Texas. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A regional Texas tune not well known in other parts of the South. The tune has been attributed to fiddle player Orville Burns (b. 1921, Oklahoma, later moved to Texas), whose father suggested the name to him. The Blue Eagle was the depression-era symbol of a thunderbird, employed by companies to show compliance with the National Industrial Recovery Act.

Sources for notated versiosn: Lewis Franklin (Texas) [Phillips]; Gary Lee Moore (Seattle) [Silberberg].

Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 30. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 13.

Recorded sources: County 707, Lewis Franklin - "Texas Fiddle Favorites."

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